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Cold-Blooded Ones

Be, the Box Turtle’s Helpful Herp Site: "Ever end up with a pet you didn't expect and absolutely fall in love with it? Meet my Box Turtle, Be. The Author Shown From Be's Point of View, "As much as she loves me, she almost killed me! She didn't know how to care for me, and didn't have access to much help. So potential herpetologists, the links below my personal stuff take you to information you need to have a healthy happy turtle (like I am now!) or reptile in general, as your pet."

CROCODILIANS: Natural History & Conservation: "Welcome to CROCODILIAN.COM--the crocodile site, which aims to provide everything you need to know about crocodiles, from the different species, their biology and conservation, how they talk, and even their captive care."

The Herpetological Conservation Trust: Britain's Reptiles and Amphibians: "In Britain we have traditionally recognised six native species of reptile and six native amphibians. There are, however, a number of other species which are either native or are long established."

Melissa Kaplan's Herp Care Collection: "Herp and Green Iguana Information Collection" (Melissa Kaplan is the author of “Iguanas for Dummies.”)

Crawling Ones

“The Bumble Bee Pages”: "Bumblebees are large, hairy insects with a lazy buzz and clumsy, bumbling flight. Many of them are black and yellow, and along with ladybirds and butterflies are perhaps the only insects that almost everyone likes."

Bug Bios, “Shameless Promotion of Insect Appreciation”: "This site aims to help you really see insects for the miniature marvels they represent and to understand how intertwined our cultures have become with these alien creatures."

Garden Safari: Snails, Slugs and Worms: "General information on Snails: (Gastropoda) The most various and most well known group of molluscs is the only one also occurring on dry land. Though, there are still many secrets about snails' life..."

“Welcome to the Wonderful World of Insects”: "There are well over 1 million different known species of insects in the world. In fact one in every four animal species on this planet is a beetle."

Finned and Water Ones

The Cephalopod Page (TCP): "The Cephalopod Page (TCP) is the personal web page of Dr. James B. Wood and is hosted by Dalhousie University." Includes information on Cuttlefish, Octopus, Squid.

Department of Maine (USA) Resources: “Do You Know Your Catch”: Thirty-six of Maine's most common saltwater species.

The Pelagic Shark Research Foundation: "The Pelagic Shark Foundation is a non-profit organization which strives to educate about and help conserve the magnificent sharks in our oceans."

Shark Friends: "SHARKS: This site is dedicated to educating visitors about sharks! I hope to dispel the myths and highlight the truths about these wonderful and intriguing animals that swim our oceans! FRIENDS: This site focuses on sharks, but we also share information about other sea animals too."

Warm-Blooded Ones

Badgerland (U.K.): "The Definitive On-Line Guide to Badgers in the UK: Education--Environment--Action."

Pinnipeds Fact Sheets: "The factsheets will provide you with a better understanding of the biology and ecology of the different pinniped species (true seals, sea lions and fur seals and the walrus). Each factsheet contains information on the natural history and distribution of each species along with information on the conservation status and threats to their populations."

The Llama Question and Answer Pages
: "This illustrated set of pages answers many questions that you may have about llamas." From Mount Lehman Llamas Farm of Canada owned by Brian and Jane Pinkerton.

Save the Manatees Club: "There are numerous ways that you or I can help protect manatees." Learn about manatees and how to protect them.

OTTERNET.COM - Your Source for Otter Fun, Facts, and Faces: "Otternet is the largest resource on the Internet for otter information. We have in-depth species profiles giving you tons of information on all 13 species of otter."

The Ultimate Ungulate: Your Guide to the World’s Hoofed Mammals: "The odd- and even-toed ungulates are still referred to as the "true ungulates". Currently included in the group are the elephants, sea cows, hyraxes, and aardvarks." Read more about Camels, Llamas, Dugongs, Manatees, and Pigs.

Winged Ones

All About Birds: The Amazing World of Birds: "Birds are truly beautiful creatures, they are also fascinating and all around us, roosting and nesting on our buildings and feeding in our gardens and refuse dumps, they are easy to find and fun to observe."

CREAGRUS @ Monterey Bay:The Birds of California and elsewhere: Don Robertson, author of “Monterey Birds”, has pictures of the California Condor in the wild.

New England Aquarium Penguins: "This website is the internet version of our colony of over 60 penguins. Take some time to look around, there is a lot to see. "

Raven’s Aviary (A Site Devoted to Ravens, Crows, and the rest of the Corvidae): "I'll try to give a brief description of each, and links to files which can tell you more. As well, I'll toss in the scientific names for some of these birds, so you'll have a reference in case you want to look up more specific information on any of them."

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Va. Carper

May 26, 2006